Garment fly closure



Nov. 15, 1938. L. MARmN f 2,136,702

GARMENT FLY GLOSUR Filed nec, 28, 1936,

`Patented Nov. 15, 17938 UNITED srras 2,136,702 GAaMEN'r FLY oLosUnELouis Markin, Chicago, Ill., assigner to Alfred Decker & Cohn, Inc.,Chicago, Ill., a corporation of IllinoisY Application December 28, 1936,`Serial No. 117,801

1 Claim.

This invention relates to the waist portions of trousers,knickerbockers, skirts, and similar garments, and more particularly tothe so-called ily closure by which a garment of this kind is opened andclosed at the waist, and more especially to those that employ the wellknown form of metallic slide fastener instead of ordinary buttons.

Generally stated, the object of the invention is to provide an improvedconstruction and arrange- `ment of the different parts of a fly closure,of such character that the necessity of any lining therefor is entirely.obviated, both the so-called outer fly and the inner fly being composedsimply of the goodsy from which the garment is made,

with suitable edging or trimming for any single thickness edges thereof,thereby to reduce the total thickness of the closure and insure a neaterappearance.

It is also an object to provide certain details and features ofconstruction tending to increase the general eiiiciency and thedesirability of a garment fly closure of this particular character.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, the invention consists inmatters hereinafter set forth and claimed and shown in the accompanyingdrawing in which- Fig. 1 is a perspective of a pair of trousers equippedwith a fly closure embodying the principles of the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation of the said ily closure, showingthe same partly open, Vand showing the adjacent portions of the garmentbroken away for convenience of illustration.

Fig. 3 is an inside view of what is shown in Fig. 2, with the same inclosed condition..

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary detail perspective, with certain portions shownin section, showing the construction and mode of operation of theinvention.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the outer side `of the inside y of saidclosure.

As thus illustrated, the invention comprises a waist band I provided atits front ends with a button 2 and a button-hole 3, but it will beunderstood that any suitable known or approved form of connection can beemployed to separately connect together the front ends of said waistband.

The outside y comprises the cloth 4 of the garment, doubled back insidethereof at 5, at the free edge of the fly. A strip 6 of the cloth orgoods of the garment is doubled back at its front edge, at l, as shownmore clearly in Fig. 4 of the drawing, and the two in-turned portionsare stitched together close to the free edge of the fly, in the mannershown in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The two single thicknesses of the clothor goods are also stitched together at 8, and the free adjacent edge ofthe thickness 6 is preferably provided with suitable edging 9 as shown.The tape It] of one set of metal hooks is stitched only to the thickness6 at ll and I2, so that this stitching does not appear on the outside ofthe garment.

The inside fly comprises the single thickness I3 of the cloth or goodsfrom which the garment is made, with suitable edging I4 and I5 for thecut edges of the cloth. This strip is tapered and curved at its lowerend to extend toward the right side of the garment, as shown in Figs. 3and 5 of the drawing, to make the garment set smoothly and comfortably.I'he binding I4 and I5 may be any suitable means to prevent raveling.The cloth of the garment is doubled or folded in at I6, as shown moreclearly in Fig. 4 of the drawing. The other half of the set of metalhooks are attached to the tape I'I, and this tape is stitched betweenthe doubled or folded-in portion It and the cloth I3, along the singleline I8, Yso that the latter does not show on the outside 25 of thegarment. It will be seen that the single thickness i3, forming part ofthe inner fly, is exposed on both sides thereof, and is not lined, sothat the entire thickness of the ily closure is composed only of thethree thicknesses 4, 6, and 30 I3, and hence a lighter and morecomfortable and neater construction is obtained for the fly closure.

A metal slide I9 is provided, as usual, to connect the twov sets ofmetal hooks together, in the well known manner, it being understood thatany suitable or well known slide connection of this kind can beemployed, and that for the broader purposes of the invention anysuitable means can be employed for separably fastening together theouter and inner flies of the closure.

Obviously, therefore, it is of the essence of the invention that theinterengagingelements of the zipper device be disposed close to theouter edge of the outer overlapping portion of the closure, andtherefore close to the outer edge of the outer fly strip 6, so that thesaid outer edge of the outer overlapping portion of the closure is heldagainst any outward displacement that might eX- pose the zipper deviceto view, and with the construction shown and described this could nothappen, when the zipper is in closed condition, as it is the zipperitself that very effectively holds the outer overlapping portion of theclosure tight against the underlying portions of the closure, so thatthe free edge at 5 is held tight Cla against the garment. Moreover, itis also important that the inside y strip I 3 is substantially Widerthan the outer fly strip 6, so that this inside y strip provides fullcoverage and backing for the entire closure structure, with the resultthat this inside y strip I3 is the only thing that has inner edges thatare subjected to wear inside the garment, so far as the said closurestructure is concerned. These two things, first the prevention of anygaping of the closure, and, second, the broad backing provided by theend fly strip, for the entire strucure of he closure, constitute theessential novelty of the improvement over previous attempts to use thezipper type of closure on garments.

From the foregoing, and from the drawing, it will be observed that theinside single thickness strip I3 is wider than the outside strip 6, andhence that inside the garment, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawing, alledges are concealed except the edges I4 and I5 of the said strip I3, thelatter edges extending laterally beyond all other edges of the flyconstruction. This not only is more satisfactory in the process ofmanufacture of the garment, but is also more satisfactory in use. Insidethe garment, the edge I4 is the right edge of the strip I3, while theedge I5 is the left edge thereof.

What I' claim as my invention is:

As an article of manufacture, a Zipper fly closure for garments,comprising an outer fly strip 6 of single thickness, in-turned at itsouter edge and stitched inside the garment to the inner surface of theouter overlapping portion of the closure, a zipper tape I 0 stitched tothe inner surface of said strip, adjacent the outer edge of the latter,so that this outer edge is held against any outward displacement thatmight expose to view the zipper, when the latter is closed, by stitchingextending only through the tape and the strip close to the in-turnedouter edge of the latter, whereby the engaging elements of said tape areclose to the outer edge of said outer portion, thus holding the latteragainst said outward displacement, and leaving the greater portion ofsaid inner surface exposed between the inner edges of the tape andstrip, with a line of stitching through the garment in said exposedsurface, an inner y strip I3 of single thickness and greater Width thansaid outer fly strip, so that full coverage and backing is provided forthe latter inside the garment, and a zipper tape I'I stitched to saidinner strip between the latter and the inturned edge portion of theinner overlapping por- 1 tion of the closure, with the engaging elementsof this second tape in position to interlock with the first mentionedelements, between the two fly strips, so that none of the stitching, ofthe two tapes, appears on the outer surface of the gari ment cloth, whenthe zipper is adjusted to close the garment closure, and said inner ystrip covering all other inside edges of the closure structure, so thatthe edges of the inner strip are the only ones that show inside thegarment, and that are subject to wear, when the closure is in closedcondition.

LOUIS MARKIN.

